How to organize an Hour of Code event

1. Prepare for your event

Determine a venue, date, and time.

Send a letter to invite your local mayor, congressman, governor, or influential business person to speak. Check out our how-to toolkit when hosting an elected official during an Hour of Code for more info.

2. During your event

Invite a local industry leader to discuss his or her work involving computer science.

Invite a local politician and have students teach him or her how to code.

Have a group of students demonstrate an unplugged activity.

Have a group of students teach the principal or a group of teachers how to code.

If your school already teaches computer science, have students demo projects.

3. Share how it went

Share pictures of your event on Facebook and Twitter.

Use the hashtag #HourOfCode

Host a Family Code Night with the Hour of Code and invite parents to participate

Consider hosting a K-5 evening event and inviting parents to join their students for an hour of computer science. This is a great way to engage the larger community and encourage parent support for computer science at your school. Our partners at Family Code Night have created an all-in-one Event Kit with planning checklist, presenter’s script, invitation emails, posters, powerpoints and more to run your own event. Click here to download the Event Kit.

Example Event Plan

Event: School-wide Computer Science Education Week kick-off assembly

Date: Dec. 5th (start of Computer Science Education Week)

Time: During the school day. Mid-morning event preferred. Approximately 1 hour.